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Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas


"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> I think that is ok as long as R_MIPS_64 is not used for o32 binaries.
> Maybe it is time to give a new BFD target for mips64-elf since it does
> represent a different ABI which includes R_MIPS_64. R_MIPS_64 should be
> forbidden for o32 binaries.

What harm is there in allowing it, as an extension?

Only 'broken' code will generate them to begin with...



chris


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